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Does WavePad Dither when downsampling?


Mike-48

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Hello, the program does not have an option to automatically apply any effects when shortening the file, however you have the option to apply any of the effects offered manually before you save the slideshow or video. 

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@Chris75: thanks for the answer. I don't think I'd consider dither an effect. It is a method used to reduce distortion when digital samples are requantized.  From Wikipedia:

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Dither should be added to any low-amplitude or highly periodic signal before any quantization or re-quantization process, in order to de-correlate the quantization noise from the input signal and to prevent non-linear behavior (distortion); the lesser the bit depth, the greater the dither must be. The result of the process still yields distortion, but the distortion is of a random nature so the resulting noise is, effectively, de-correlated from the intended signal. Any bit-reduction process should add dither to the waveform before the reduction is performed.

I'm still wondering if WavePad applies it or not.

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